Urban.Us, a venture capital firm whose focus area often overlaps with gov tech, is taking on the URBAN-X accelerator in New York. The venture firm will lend funding and expertise to the relatively new accelerator....

It’s an old story for anyone moving out to a new place, but for Merchant, and others like her, the idea that there can be a better way to move to a place, and live in a city, has led to the creation of new co-living spaces...

For taxi drivers in New York, finding their next fare is second nature, both a function of being in a busy neighborhood, or positioning their car near a stadium or concert hall just when a big event finishes. Uber and Lyft drivers, on the other hand, rely on algorithmically generated real-time surge alerts that direct them to areas of high demand—and increased fares....

BMW’s MINI auto brand is in the midst of opening its A/D/O public design studio in Brooklyn, as MINI’s head of brand strategy and business innovation, Esther Bahne, recently discussed here. But the space will do more than serve as a hub for designers...

Venture fund Urban.us is gearing up to close a $10 million fund to continue investing in startups focused on impacting urban city living across mobility and logistics, environment, utilities and local government. Urban.us expects to close the fund later this year...

In the past, city planners, policymakers and real estate developers could safely assume that energy was cheap, water abundant and garbage could simply be moved away. There was no downside to burning more fossil fuels and we could keep adding everything from air-conditioning to more roads (and cars). Now we know this reasoning is not just wrong, but...